Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2005 to Friday, October 21, 2005
Dr. Ahmad Shawqī al-Fanjarī argues that Islam does not impose the niqāb on women.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Ulfat Ja‘far argues that the US and other Western nations should examine their own school and university curricula concerning Islam, Muslims and Arabs, before trying to have school curricula, particularly theology and history, in Arab and Islamic countries modified.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Arab lands have an abundance of natural wealth that has whetted Westerners’ appetites and rendered the east a perennial target for occupation.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
The author argues that it is not the right time to reconsider law 103 of 1961, which grants the president the right to appoint a shaykh of the Azhar.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Though there were claims that the book itself was authored by prominent members of al-Qā’ida, it is actually a compilation of handpicked speeches, written and TV interviews and statements translated from Arabic into French.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Prominent outlawed Muslim Brotherhood activist ‘Isām al-‘Iryān has denied reports that he was released from detention after a deal with the Egyptian government, stating "we would never back down on demands for freedoms, respect for the constitution and an end to despotism”.
Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2005 to Friday, October 21, 2005
The Azhar’s dā‘iyas are now asked to take tests at the foreign embassies before being granted their visas to travel to the West.
Date of source: Monday, October 17, 2005
The ‘Ulamā give their comments about the new methods of offering fatwas over the phone or Internet.
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2005
Māhir Hassan claims that Khālid al-Jindī, the well-known dā‘iya, is making huge sums of money from the private fatwa business.
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It is suggested that highly influential dā‘iya, cAmr Khālid is promoting a type of Islam that is acceptable to the United States, appeasing angry youth during the invasion of Iraq, thereby serving US interests in the area.